The Crime Writers’ Association

The Secrets That We Keep: NCRM at Waterstones

Join Waterstones as we celebrate CWA's National Crime Reading Month with psychological thriller authors Andrea Mara and Kia Abdullah. Hosted by blogger Stu Cummings, they'll be dissecting the thriller genre, discussing what makes a great crime read a...


Shetland Crime Writer Marsali Taylor in Q&A for International Women’s Day

On Wednesday 3 March from 19.00-19.45, Marsali Taylor will be hosted by Kirsty Brown of Culture Perth and Kinross, for a Q&A session for International Women’s Day. It will include looking at the strong women in Marsali’s Cass Lynch series, he...


Watching the Detectives with Cath Staincliffe

Watching the Detectives with Cath Staincliffe who will be talking about creating the Blue Murder series and writing books based on the Scott and Bailey drama. The event is being held on Tuesday 13th February 2018 at the following Nottingham Librarie...


Getting the Science Right with Brian Price

Join us for the first of the 2024 CWA Crime Writers' Clinics! This event is free for CWA members and £15 for non-members. Thinking of joining? You can apply here. Oct 8th 7.00pm (BST) Getting the Science Right: Brian Price https://www.eventbri...


Crime Lunch with Cath Staincliffe, Liz Mistry & Linda Green

Join us for our Crime Lunch with Cath Staincliffe, Liz Mistry & Linda Green. Event Details Date: Saturday 17th March 2018 Time: 12.30pm - 2pm Venue: Huddersfield Literature Festival, at the Media Centre, 7 Northumberland Street, Huddersfield...


Crime and Wine with Robert Rutherford and MW Craven

Join Bookends on Thursday 25th April for an evening of wine and crime with Robert Rutherford and M. W. Craven discussing Robert’s latest book ‘Seven Days’ with a discussion of writing, characters and more. Tickets are £8 (admission plus a glas...


Watching the Detectives with Cath Staincliffe

Watching the Detectives with Cath Staincliffe, talking about creating the Blue Murder TV series and writing books based on the Scott and Bailey drama. You can catch Cath at the following venues on 13th March: Worksop Library, Memorial Avenue, Wor...


Crime Panel with Leigh Russell & L.C. Tyler

Crime Panel with international bestselling crime authors Leigh Russell & L.C. Tyler joined by crime writers John Nightingale and Mick Finlay.   Leigh Russell Hailed as a ‘rare talent’ by the Daily Mail and ‘unmissable’ by Lee Ch...


Review CWA Dagger-Shortlisted Titles

Did you know that the CWA have set up a website where people can leave reviews of the shortlisted books for the CWA Daggers 2017? http://daggerreads.co.uk/readers/ No prizes I’m afraid, but as it’s moderated, it’s especially nice to see your na...


Diamond Crime Zoom Masterclass in Editing

Some writers claim to hate them. Others won’t make a move without one firmly secured to their writing arm. Who are we talking about? BOOK COPY DEVELOPMENTAL LINE EDITORS Whether you love them or loathe them, editors they are a vital part of t...


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